. @MichaelJMorell nails the real scandal around unmasking. It's not what happened in the Obama admin, and barely even Trump's own lies, which we're sadly used to. It's that he has fully corrupted and politicized the intelligence community. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/05/17/only-culprit-unmasking-scandal-is-trump-administration/

Story of the next six months will be Biden having to run against not just the Trump campaign, but also the full weight of a corrupt DOJ and a corrupt IC. They are going to create a lot of noise, and I hope people don't miss the forest for the trees.

This Don Ayer piece on what Barr's actions in the Flynn case portend for the coming months at DOJ is a good companion to Morell's piece on the IC. A double-barrelled assault on the rule of law. https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/05/barrs-flynn-dismissal-motion-portends-greater-abuses-ahead/611779/